All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Girindra Nath Barman from Mathabhanga was allegedly attacked while he was campaigning for the assembly elections in the Cooch Behar district of North Bengal. TMC has accused that their candidate was attacked by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) goons.
Trinamool Congres (TMC) tweeted, “Nervous over rapidly losing support among Rajbangshi community today led BJP goons to mount a cowardly attack on Mathabhanga TMC candidate Girindra Nath Burman. A widely respected figure among Rajbangshis, he was targeted in Ghoksadanga GP.”
A TMC worker said in a statement, “BJP goons vandalised his car & attacked him. He has sustained head injuries. We demand action,” as quoted by news agency ANI.
West Bengal: Girindra Nath Barman,TMC candidate from Mathabhanga, was allegedly attacked by BJP workers while he was returning from election campaign, yesterday.
"BJP goons vandalised his car & attacked him. He has sustained head injuries. We demand action," said a TMC worker. pic.twitter.com/6HstBL3FsT
— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2021
Sushil Barman of BJP and CPI(M)’s Ashok Barman are also contesting from Mathabhanga constituency. Election for this seat will take place in fourth phase on Saturday. The first three phase of the eight-phased West Bengal elections have already taken place.
On Wednesday, the BJP’s West Bengal president Dilip Ghosh was also attacked with bombs and bricks in Cooch Behar, BJP accused TMC for this attack. Ghosh said that the car’s window glasses including the one on his side were smashed in the attack which took place at Sitalkuchi after a public meeting of his party.
The fourth phase elections will be held in 44 assembly constituencies spread across five districts. Polling will be held in this phase in urban Howrah, parts of South 24 Parganas that are adjacent to Kolkata, urban parts of Hooghly, besides Alipurduar and Coochbehar.
On Thursday, April 8, Delhi High Court also directed Election Commission to implement Covid-19 guidelines in the state in which election is being scheduled.
Bengal legislative assembly elections for 294 seats are scheduled to be held between 27th March to 29th April 2021 in 8 phases. The results for the same will be announced on 2nd May 2021.
